Trap generation and electron detrapping in SiO2 during high-field stressing of metal-oxide-semiconductor structures.

Autor: Heyns, M. M., DeKeersmaecker, R. F., Hillen, M. W.
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Zdroj: Applied Physics Letters; 1984, Vol. 44 Issue 2, p202-204, 3p
Abstrakt: Direct evidence for electron trap generation during high-field stressing of thermally grown SiO2 layers is obtained using avalanche injection followed by internal photoemission measurements on Al-gate metal-oxide-semiconductor structures. Avalanche injection is used to fill oxide traps with a minimum risk of oxide degradation. It is shown that traps are created near the Si-SiO2 interface of a 39-nm-thick oxide on p-Si stressed in accumulation. After intentional charging the centroid of the additional charge distribution corresponding to the newly created traps is located at 5(±2.5) nm from the Si-SiO2 interface. Any bulk oxide charge is detrapped during a high-field stress. The importance of these findings in relation to breakdown in SiO2 is indicated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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